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The Journal Backs Any and Every Project Look i n g Toward the J.J:pbuilding of Tupelo and Northeast Mississippi.
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WEATHER: Mis s i s s i ppi-partly cloudy, scattered showers in I}Orth Thursd a y; Fi-id ay partly cloudy.
Tup e lo, Mississipp i , T h ursday Morni ng, April 24, 1947.
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Full Unit ed P ress Leased
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Distribution Of Twenty Imported Heifers l o ;R~~H~'~~!~~er~!si~l?L~~~!y!!o!~·rs Feature Big T11pelo Jersey Day Celebr~tion t!<Pronram Starts
~State A':lditors Cite Slopp~ · Machinery; Past Record Of Poor Management Recited In Reports
un·1on,.Company General Motors, Union ~ . . Leaders.InVI'. ,ed sta IIe d o. n p ay MethOd At 1.45 . parade Reu ther Pro poses Arbitration Board And T0 Fa1rg· . rounds il T0 wage. parIev Compa . ny Pro mises To Give Answer Today .
Conservation ' Mee f Ton,g · • ht
By;HARRYRUTHERFORD ,state audit or's 1946 d iscussion .of paylebttuesrinferoSSml1tlheethSotdast eisTg, ".~: ecnomi~ Since cold figures alon e d o n ot L ee County's road equipment m ~ 1 adequat ely p icture the sloppy ven to,..y a couple of p ar agr aphs mission to the local Board of S u· man a gem e nt which prevails a d '1g t hat hewas rathef'badpervisor s on Nov. 5 1945 poin t 1 0 1 0 ti1 ~ i~fttrte1i°~f {~~:· p~f~t '. ,) %. ~e~at w~(~tat u p g~Y:r! ·I ing out why some h ~m.est~ad ex-:'.'\ I ii -, t o quote a f ew paragrapi:is not ·"~ 0 ,j/?<?'. riito_r ~rot:•.m a .iet- ~mptron refund mone} ~was beonly from Lee County au d its b u t l <o'\~·-,;:,<i'r<;>' h is 1ep or, .1 25 . mg withheld from t he l< !l'St a n d ·.,-,' also from those of counties pick ..(0 'Ce. of ~ . ot m Second Districts and fro m a c:ou..:·-·:_·.: :' ..,.,,' I o, t;... '¢,.,;_ '1mg m ven or y f h , ed more O r less at random from B•, '-"r. ~ c .>-. v th b g p 1e o sc ool districts. , the files of the st at e au dit or 's of- :"'a (,¢ -/ e_gmnm The state l aw provides that " D ETROIT . ,{U.P.l- T h e C IO Unit- u n ion or th e corporat ion and that ' fice in J ackson . : m v en'-: '¢'>· -6)¢~.~ he item m h omestead exempt:.on refun ds can ed A uto W orkers Wedne sa ay r e - these two indiv iduals m utually Those quot ation s, I h op e , w ill B E;:1t_~ . f "'~t't°' ~ . -{ d beusedonlyforcurrentoperating portedtheyweredeadlockedwith electath irdmember ofthearb idemonstrat e t wo things : This ..f ~-() · .::s1:st expenses. When the First District General Motors Cor p oration on t ration board. First , that L ee County is n ot up _so tha l; ~o ..f' ;:;actions used $2,297 of t he st/ate money (0 p the method of paying ?- 15-cen t In the event, that t he first two alone in its inefficien cy and trying to tra,_ "' O ISe increase which bot h have accept- m embers fa il to agree on the final 10 pay, old account s and th e Second waste. 'ln fact, ther e are h ardly without havu .ecords Di,,t r ict used som e of the home. ed, and they proposed· arbitra- member, Reuther propo,se<;l that T wen ty you ng J erseys w ith PO• m ore than h alf a dozen counties check from. ~ . stead funds to pay an overdraft WASHI NGTON. (U.P.l - Federal tion to settle the disput e . President Truman d esignate the lished horns and brushed coat s conciliators Wednesday moved to Walter P. R euth er, president of third member . waited l ast night in their Fair• in Mississippi t od ay w h ich ap- . "I'm p'r ett y su t t ~at the clos- a t t h e beginning of the 1945 fi scal th f th T c · reopen the de adlocked telephone t he union, said the UAW had The .union suggest ed that the P ear really well-r un, an d only m g mve ntory rs coirect. T h ei:e- · ere ore, ax ommrsa n other. handful wh1·ch st and out fo1·e I J·ust t ried to adJust th this b int I year sion , wrote that ite would cJeduct s t n' k e nego t·rat·rons h ere t Od ay. It m ade two new p roposals t o 'the board be chosen within 15 days gro un d s b arn f or t o d ay ' s b 1':g, d e• above the av erage in efficiency. ventory, and that . was · e es fr om t he next year 's h omestead was indicated they p lanned to ask company. and th at its decision be made but at which hundreds of ·ey e9 Second, 'that poor m an agement co;;1ld d o. .. . d' · r efu n d the stat e 's pro rata sh ar e the Bell System for a definite The first w as for the immed i: within 30 days thereafter. will b e centered ·on them the of county affairs is b y no m ean s I am sure •. said ihe au itor1 i_ n f th th 1· d d" t waste offer to end the 17-day ate application of a flat 11112 cent Reut her said the board would · ,;, · 15 0 And t~: z{axeto~~i~~i~~ walkout . wage increase t o all rates and have complete aut h or ity to make leading dairy b reeders . o{ .. ~e.~/ · new to Lee County.' Membership closing, "that we wo~·t have !1 of the b oar d of supervisors ch an g- trouble any more v.:ith ihe se in- official added: "I deeply regret Edgar L. Warren, chief of the classifications covered by the "a final and binding decision as County pick by l ot the imported! es with each four y ears, but the ven:tories .adfie! hl ~aise~ so much having to make these charges. L abor Department's Conciliation UAW-GM agreement for 220,000 to how the remaining three and h e ifers each thinks best f itted to 1 w h ich h av e become as- hell as I di wit em. y· d b d h b Service, said he had invited both t k h lf t h 11 b 'd " become the dam of his fu ture P ractices w ·sociated ith th e job seem to Homes:tead Refunds field Ba~k o~ an your oar ave een au o . wor er s. a a cen s s a e pa1 . th the year :,. An .example of . the loss which sb~•tgoseoed nto wmaey. Iarhoautnedt.!? do th_ i s s ides to a m eeting which h e "hope The second was to arbitrat e the He proposed that the decision herd. , lr'ttle w r ' alta r 0 h h t f n unex ed" would lead to an early set- d ifferences concerning the man- of th e arb it rators be made retroA n d on the grounds to greet Lee Board ",Geis Hell" can it t e coun Y rom aOf 1 Confusion In The '30's .tlement. n er in which the remaining t hree active to the effective date of the t he m toda y befor e they go out t o · But he acknowledged that no and on e -h alf cen t s of the 15-cen t 11% cent increase. bring new fame to the c;ounty's F or inst ance , there are in the pect ed qu arter because s op-1· A s an indication that t h e p oor business m/'!thod s sometim es us-,n ew b asis for collective bargain- incr ease was t o be paid. A General Motors spokesman dairy farm s will be R onald ·Bree,' ed in h a n dling Lee County's afing h ad been found since the Reuther said he proposed t hat s a id that t he company would give owner of the Meridale F arms of fairs ar e n othing n'e w in l oc al , .union - management discussions each party select a public spirit - its answ er to the new UAW pro- New York, who went to the Isle of government, the following p aracollapsed more than a week ago. ed cit izen n ot connected w ith t he posals t h is morning. Jersey last month to personally graphs are quote d · fro m a st a t e ·s ources close to ,the strike situaselect the finest bloodlines of the audit rep ort on L ee C ounty a t tion sa id the government had exbreed 's birthplace for locai foun t he en d of t h e '1.939 fiscal y ear : hausted all settlement p ossibilid ation stock. . . "During ihe course of this audit ties except that ot: asking the com- · S C S Participat e In Big P a rade State News .By United we were unable to check securipany point-blank to grant an im. Mr. B ree wired that he, Mrs. Press And Journal ties supposedly held in trust for mediate pay raise sim ilar to t h e Bree, and the latter's moth er COUJiiy funds deposited with ,$6 weekly offer made by u . s . would be on h and to p articipate in Correspondents . · banks since they were never placSteel and some auto companies. the big parade. down M a in S tr eet ed in the hands cf the county Would Accept $6 Raise at 1 p .m . and in t he Jersey Day trust officer. This is not in acS trike leader Joseph A. B eirne Cel eb ration , itself, startin,g on the Price Cuts Ar~ Need~ cordance with the Laws of 1936, already has announced that the Fairgrounds at 1:45 p .m. CLARKSDALE. ~ Dr. William Seciion 168. B an kers and agricultu ral l ead- 340,000 t elephone st rik er s would S haring the sp otlight w ith Mr. H . Stead, vice-president a nd ecoWASHI N GTON - (U.P.)- Republ i cans, i n s istent on cut- Bree an d T ennessee 'Comm issioner " In t he cour se of our e x amin a - ers a ttend ing t onight's soil c~n- go back to work for a $6 raise, . nomist of the F ed eral R eserve tlion otf cdladimds p rtogrtehss wast~rea.t - servation m eeting in the · Junior ~eaving the questbion of a furtTher ting per sonal i n c ome taxes this _y ear despite threats of a of Agriculture 0. E. Va n Cleave, Bank of St. L ouis, said W edne.sY re ar e ue O e p rac ice m H igh S chool cafeteria here "7ill mcrease to ar it r a twn. he chief speaker of the occasion , w ill day that an ord erly price cutba~k an effort t o b et ter acquaint t he a llowan ce of claims by the h ave n o difficulty u n derstand mg strikers origin a lly sought $12. , p r esidential vet o, came up Wednesd;:i.y with a new argu- be Chester Davis/'presidenf of .th~ now m ight save the country milthe citizen s of T u p elo w ith all B oard of Supervisors w h ich were w h at D arryl F ranci,s above, agri- ,r T he union 's willingness to set- m ent. to support the plan but met another ·quick rebuf f from Federal Reserve B ank of St. lions of dolla.·:; l;::c: r . phases of the Tupe lo school sys- imp roperly made out and filed cultural economist for t he F eder- t l for less than its original d e - Secretary o f the Treasury J ohn W . S n y der. L ouis. : ·.; : Spe~king t o ~ group 01 l::ldand t o affor d them an op- w:ithout h aving su p p orting dat a . al Reserve Bank of S t. Louis, is mand w as indicated by w ord t h at S en. R obert A T aft, R. , 0., r ecalling President Truman's F 11 · ~th nessmen, Stead p Jledict ed t h at tpern ortunit y to see the work t hat is Many p ayments were aut horized t lk' b t the 49-m e m ber P olicy C ommittee t t th t l b ~ - - - - b fh oor1 eb opening m u~c there might be as much as a 20 b eing d one' in t h e sch ools, a n on d u p licate invoices. • a F ~~g1vt. o~r ~ncis ·wears· o~ his of the strikin g National F edera- recen s a te men t a. a or • Y e . . o ona and a t 1 ,45 p.m, p ercen t tr ade slum p before Oct o- open h quse will be h eld a t all " Due t o th e irregu lar h a ndling t ion of Te lephone Workers had would be entitled to wage inand the invocation by Dr . F r ank sch ools on T h u rsd ay, M ay 1 from of th e transactions p ertaining t o necktie, as shown ab'ove, a m ap ap·proved , a $6 incr ease offered creases . if prices did n ot come P owell of T u pelq, M ayor. J. P , b er L of a typ ical farm management d gwn, tangled with Snyder as the Nanney w ill deliv er the w elcome . f · h th t t rotn 1bsl, ittwas p rogram for savin g the soil. P rint - PY an in dep en dent telephone com- Senate Finance Comm it tee con 1 . t o 3 :30 p.m. e con s r utch s_ c d oo ' address. George M cLean, p r es- · Need $150,000 For Hospital a h ~onsi er a e rme ed in brown with w h ite, red and pany in R ochester, N . Y. tin ued_ h e arings on the housefctent of the Chamb er o.f ComWEST POINT . - An addition al . W. D. Alle n , super inte n den t, nbecessary t hlS gsp ecti al f eatt1:1r e green lines- ju st like soil maps·. T i;).e of_fer affect s about 1,000 approved GOP bill to cu t taxes mer<;:e; will d iscuss "L ee Countv's $150,000 w ill b e n eed_e d t o assure said that classes w ill be con d u ct e d fe tshpent d~nt T us_u a l and p arents m ay feel o e au 1 . e re a er por ion t h t · h t b strikers m 'the R ochester area . th· b 20 t O 30 t · construction of the Ivy M emorial as fre e t o visit any p art of all of of the cost of sch ool con st ruction e re s ows erraces Y ar rows T is year Y per cen · 1:- n ,,,,. ·. . . 1 p rogram' f or th~ Development " of ' 11stf_..Y." Hospital , it was a nnoun ced W ed- t h e school s. S t i1dents in e ach of was paid for b y ch eck s a n d s ign- and drainage dit ches by d ott ~d w ,o ot her companies outsid e t h e , " Isn't r educing taxe s a better ~·~f!:i<:i.jj,..i "i' /" • .l\ 1'{I)C1!-1tti;·e au d . "; n esday: T h e plan ned hospital t h e sch ools w ill a ct as guid es for ed by the s uperintendent of e du- lines. . . . · !'3<tll System- in F ort Dodge, Ia., and•-fai't'~r method .of m a iRtainingC -:.- "•'! :..-:- ,;, :'··-,.P~a,,::'.3 ·.'J.:,.::.t•. · ·-,,~1, coUey ,';.'.MissiJs, pr, Commi, .r w ill cost .an estimated $350,000 t he cvisitors. ..-. • ,. · ..~ cation with . no record of such T he · meeting here, · tonight/ "aticl Shetman, Te'x.-previou sly mass : p urchasing powe r t han in. sioner of Agr iculture, w ill then ..., W!th only a_ f ew workers -_re- present Mr. V an Cleave, who w'ill ' ' a nd i ts 50 beds would t ake car e of · "F or p ar ents w h o h ave gir ls transact ions recorded in t h e gen- which wm • have as honor guest ' had settled on a $6 weekly raise. creasing w ages?" Taft ' asked, President Chest er D avis or the W arren refused t o confirm r e - commenting t hat Mr . Truman ap- p ortmg on then- progress dunng d iscuss " The Development of the n eed s of West P oint a nd sur - eit h er in the ninth or eighth e ral count y b ook s. grades w e are interested in them " We wer e gr eatly s u r prised F ederal R eserve Ba nk of St. L ou~ p orts that h e would prop ose the peared t o r egard purchasing pow- tt:re first two d ays of the ~ 0mmu- Jerseys in The S outh." round ing areas . er as a major economic problem . m ty S:oncert ~ ssociatron s mem- Introduce Distinguished Guests v isiting the H om e Econ omics De - e n counter su ch handling of p ub- is, is being sponsored by local $6 f igure today . in the interest of proHe said the meeting wbuld be O d T C t N bersh1p cam paign, 175 memberIntroduction O'f P resid ent Fred Scientists To Meet On Coast Pal·tment-on e of t h e b est equip - l ie fu n ds and are of t he op1·n1'on b ankers · ppose 1. d0 t hu ts h ow ld-_ ships had been turned in' u ,.. t o T . Mitchell. of State Colle ge, S t ate . g sor·1 conserva t·ion 1oans 1·rmr·t e d t'o . th ree k ey company STARKVILLE. Dr . Clyde Ped depar tm ent s l· n Miss1·ssip p it hat officials r espon sible for same m o t m Snyd P · h · M" · · · S t t ·t th L L ' . ,. er-. rep ie a. e wou closin g of t he office Wednesday. Q . Sheely of Mississippi Stat e t o see the oppor t u nity that is b e- are due to be criticized." m . n ort east issrssippr. a e um se on g me Division of nt ·measure one agamst t he oth. - . E x t ension arrd E xperiment S t ation College , , secretary - t reasurer of ing offered to girls m our h igh Accounts Paid Twice ban k officials, ban kers from this American Telephor+,e and Tele- er. " !Ic said maintenance of pur Mrs . Heber Simmons, campaign officials, officers of t h e MissisThe audit then included an ex- 11-county area and agricultural graph Comp an y, t he Southwester n chasing power is a "long range ch8:irman, issued a r emmder t o sippi and L ee County Jersey Catthe Mississip pi A cad emy of S ci- school t o learn cooking, sewing I ence, announced Wedn esday t h at and man y ot her u seful h ousehol d hibit of about a dozen oil and leaders frotn Memphis and S tate Bell Telephone Company, and t h e probl em," and pointed ou t t hat residents of Tupelo and nearby tle Clu bs, officers of the Junior 1, the group's a nnual convention duties," Mr. Allen said . grease bills totaling around $500 College have been invit ed to at- Wes tern E lectric Company, prin- t he administ ration isn't opposed towns t h at t hey h ave only th ree Jersey Cattle Club and oth er Enrollment Is Disappointing which the supervisors had actu- te nd the d inner session at 6 p .m. cip a l manufacturing unit. to re vising the general tax struc- m ore daY:s to obt am members~ups guests will follow. \ :will b e h eld in Biloxi M ay 2-3. M r. Allen poin ted out t h at at ally paid twice-at least, so the. B eirne, who w ill head the union t ure at a later d ate. But he reaf- rf they wish to a t tend the senes of Mr. Bree, who imported the f\ /,·; \ Farmer Is Crash Victim one time int erest in the h ome ec- auditors said. delegation, said the NFTW has firmed it s strong opposition to outstandmg concert programs t o first group of J ersey s for L ee When t he a u dit ors fou nd Albeen t ry.ing for 19 days t.o get the any cut s now. be presented here this faU. A ny County in 1928 and has done _/ RIPLEY. - Funer al services on omics co u rse d ropped t o such n e.?otiat10ns star ted a ga~n. . Taft, who has sa id repe atedly persons n ot cont acted by t h e 100 much t o encourage q_airy devel Were h eld W ednesd ay for L el a n d a low eb b the school w as forcr. d corn Cou nty super v isors doing t h e 1 We hope these meetmgs will · that Congress is determined to w orkers may get memberships at opment in t his ar ea, , w ill com,. Jones, , well-know n farm er of to discontinue the operation of t he sam e thing in 1939 they d eman d form a foundatr~n wh~ch may go ahead w ith a tax slash pro- the Hospital Service plan office ment , on th e "Importa tion o:f n earby . F alkner, w ho .died Tues- dep artmefit . " Since t he r eorgani- ed repaymen t in t he followin g p rove t o b e a basis for fmal set- gram de:;pite White House d is- adjoining the L y ric Theater. Jersey s." day . night after an auto 'w reck on zation of t h e d epartm ent three wor ds: " Schedule 11 exh ibits overpay• tlement," he said. approval ; argued w ith t he Trea, ' oThen w ill follow .a parade of Highway 15 n ear his h om e . H e year s ago, w e h ave added almost T he gov ernment's new move sury chief that w age increases _the 20 bred heifers and the youn g w as 40. Jones a ppar en tly lost all n ew equipment, but the n um- m ents a n d double p aymen ts t o apparent ly stemmed from a mys- went t o " a few favored peop le" imported bull, Clemence's Boy , control of the car .an d it smashed ber of students w h o h ave elect ed cr editors. I n some inst ances it w as jnto a bridge railing. to ta k e th e hom e ecOI}Omics diffi cu lt, indeed, to est ablish t h e t erious, 20-minute conference be- and resulted in h igher cost s, but all led by 4-H and F.F.A . boys and cou r se h as b een d isappointing," (true st atus of the claims b eing tween S ecretary of L abor L ewi s t ax reduction would reduce costs S . girls of t he J upelo a r ea. . y . B. S chwellenbach and Chairman and help stabilize the nation al Willene Mo bley and Ev elyn RiJohnson To Open Headquarters Mr. Allen said. " A t t he p r esent paid. W e are of the op inion, howCharles R. Denny, J r., of t he F ed - economy. ley, will draw 20 capsuls and JACKSON. - Paul B . Johnson, w e h ave only 76 girls enrolled in ever, that all t he charges s et up 1 er a l Communications CommisAs he renewed his 0pposition to Mailing of checks to alm ost 1,- hand t hem to the L e e Cou n ty . Jr., can d ida te for Mississ~ppi gov- t he ·departme nt and could e asily . in t his sche dule amoun t ing to $1,breeder s who have b ought the $ QQ sion. the plan, Snyder a nnounced t hat 000 ernor, ann.o unced Wednesd ay t h a t h a ndle 30 mor e stu d en t s and 130 are true a nd shou ld b e r ef unde d t o the county treasury." I mmedr'ately after\J\rar·d, S cll- two b ig business concerns-the . person s d rawing old age pen- $1,000 h e ifer s. The m en getti·ng he will op en a camp aign h ead- w ould like t o h ave 40 students th Old A t B th srons in L ee County wi.J.l be dek. quarters in, J a ckson F r iday. a b ove th einu_m b er n o_w: t a ltng t he I l 0 k'ccoun s Lo ecrsomte . wellenbach called in federal con - Pennsy lvania S alt Manufacturin g lay ed next mon.th, w. F . B ond, the N u mber One in his capsul courses. t rs surprrsm g O e n mg over ee oun Y inc1·11·at ors and u n1·on off1'c1·a1s who C o., and General Cable Cor p.will have first c hoice of the an1· . ' 1s th a t more · · · s t u d en t s voices and warran t s f or th e t·irs t h ad been 1·n conference all mor·n- h ave Joined other companies in commission er of the State Depart- m als. The m an getting Numb-er sc h oo1 off 1c1a Purchase Park, Fair Site d t t k d t ge f th' th th f th' s a I Sa le b y th e T ombigbee Electric tt' · · ment of P ublic Welfare, said Wedo n of a et. a l a ~a t' o "hs ABERDEEN. - W ork h ad .ree r::or so. tyef·\1 ilia~ P ower Associat ion t6 t he City of in g. , cu mg p rices m response to Mr . nesday Two will have second choice, etc • . f e somew a surprise o m a T l' d th Truman's p leas to industry to help The ·d 1 h 'd . b . g Final event on t h e d ay's prosta rted · W ednesd ay on selection ty p e o voca 10na e u ca ron, O 1 some of the accounts just now beupe o o power m es a n o er bring the cost of living down and e ay, e sar ' ,rs em .'g ram will be delivery of the and purchase of a sit e for a per - said. M r. Allen empha sized the fact ing paid were six months or more equipment supplying el ectric curstave off inflation. caused b y failure of the S enate young $2,000 , bull, Clemence's m a n:enL p ark after offi cial org ani- that t h e school does n ot have a old. . rent to E ast T upelo, at a reported · e UCe Meantime, Snyder said in an t o pass the fed eral appropriat ion B t D R H p S .zation T u esday of the Ab erdeen comprehen sive vocational p r oBut in. years gon e b y , count ies price of $15,000, h as been comactivities rep ort that if Congr ess bill providing funds for this a id . OY,. 0 r. . . egram, r ., Chamber of Comm erce's Mon roe gram but also pointed ou t that the seem t o have been e v en more lax pleted. appropriates adequate f unds for Checks are usually mailed on , or f~~s~d ent of the 2upel_1 Are_a ~r1n semma ion County F a ir and Livestock Asso- vocational courses that are being in t heir pay m ents. For t h e Alcorn Work of makin g t h e cha n ge Treasury operations in the next before the first day of the m onth,· l 1c1a 1 ._ ssoe1at1on ·: ciation. . offer ed are n ot receiving t h e stu - Coun ty audit of January, 1940, ove r in electr ical con nect ions will CAMBRIDGE, Mass.~ (U.P.l-Le- fisc::,l year n eginni·n g J u ly 1, th e b u t t h e chances a r e t hat they for use m that progr8:m. . ver Bros . . Co., manufacturers of .,. u t b t · t b f Three hundred chairs w ill ··: be. b e started in the nea r future and d ent interest that they should. (Continued on Page Five) Internal Reven ue B ureau may canno e sen ou . now e ore ' . Blintf-w oman Dies In Fire " In our commercial courses w e o w ill be completed as r apidly as Lifeb ouy, R inI;o, L ux and Swan, bring in an additional $2 ,5oo,OOO,- M ay 15/ or later. placed outsrde . t h e east cat tle MEM PHIS. - The sh er.iff's of- h ave a v ery low percentage of p ossib le-not later t h a n J uly 1 ft !~~ncci i i:eiri~~~arnn1rr~:ii ,000 in tax receipts in 1948 as a reThe ~hecks, . totaling $15,000 barn on ·t he fairgrounds for the fice · rep orted that a 63-year-old students and we f eel t hat a . - City Clerk H oward Merritt said . soap products 10 per c ent in line suit of a prop osed st epped-up for t ~ 1 s cou nt Y; are no_w pr~ghr amd. , b . t . b . .. blind woman burned t o d eath in knowledge of . t y pi11:g, sh orthand ,,. · Du r ing t h e course of t his work w ith P :.:esiden t Tru m an's a nti-in- dr ive against tax "ch,i$elers." ready .m the stat e of~rce and will e ay s 1g even is emg a fire wni-::h d estroyed her home and bookkeepmg will be of ser• ' . n ew lines or equ ipment will b e · H e said that in trfe· first er'ght _be :i:na1le_d as soon as feder al funds sponsored by .t he Lee Coun ty fla t ion program. T he reductions Je s· ey Cattle Cl u b near her,:,. installed where need ed t o give ar e effective immediately . (Continued on Page Five) are r eceived. r . . v ice to a m ajority 0£ our st u dents \ Investigating officers said the r egardless of the t y pe. of work . t he residents of E ast T u p elo first ,,. vom,m, Mr s. Lillia n Crook, was they m ay ent er," h e said. class electr ic ser vice. alqne in the house when flames wo experien ced t each ers a r e Mayor J . P. N an n ey said that brok e out. They said a meighbor emTploy ed to direct the work in h e a nd the B oard of Alder men m a d e a n unsu ccessful a ttempt to the cbmmer cial d ep a_rtm en t , but m ade the offer to purch ase the .enter the house to rescue · the w ith su ch a sm au numb~r of stupower lines to fuum a p romise c;, · h e lpless · woman. d ents enrolled in t he cour ses one given residents of E ast T u p elo 01- - - of the in struct ors d evotes 40 perWASHINGTON _ (U.P.l _ P r es- at the t ime they voted to incorcent of her time to instru ction in 1' d en t Truman · Wednesd ay a b ol- porate t heir t own with Tu pelo, · h Spanish. Mr. Allen said t a t it ish ed th e Office of Tem p orary that t h ey w ould have the ben efit I Mostly cloudy with w id ely scat- was the h op e of school officials Controls, , turned ren t con trols of cheaper elect rical r ates. ,tered showers t od ay. High t ern- that t h rou gh visitation p eriods H In the sale contract it was a'.per a t ure we d n es d ay, 8O; 1ow, 57 . s uch as the one p 1anne d . f or M ay over ousing Expediter F rank gr·eed t hat c r·ty of· T up elo power C ree dto on , a n d t ransferred the gov· b T empera t ure this mornin g a t 1 t_hat parents can e s 11own t 11e , · . w 1·11 be made avar'lable only to 12 01 6 F. ) crnm ent s rem ammg economic 1 : , 3. (Continued 'on Page ive cu rbs t o other agen cies. residences or busin ess establishThe act ion m eans that som e 5,- ments situated .within t h e city's 000 fed eral workers e ither have cor poration lines an d that TEPA been hande d the ir dismissal n o- would con t inue t o ser ve t h ose outtices or will r eceive them soon . s ide the corporat e lim its. T he m inim um residen tial r at e in Creedon , who has said he favors d econtrol as fas t as possible, takes T upel o is 75 cents p er month and over r en t contr ol on M ay 4 under this sum pays for current used one of two executive order s sign- u p to 37 k illowatt h our s . A ll curPla ntin g of trees a nd shrubs a - one -fou r th mile a r e a on H ighway ed by Mr. Truman . The other r ent used up t o 100 k illowatt long the. r ight-of-way of three 78 n ear the County Club ; a half- m akes the J ustice Departmen t h ou rs in residen ces is supplied sections of Highways 78 and 45 . . w ithin the city limits h as been mile. sectron south of. T upelo e x- respon sible for car rying on OPA at t he rate of two cents per KW H. ~~i:mpleted b y Communi ty Beau - tendmg toward t h e city from the litigation b ased on discontinued T he ne xt 250 KWH costs . on ly price con trol p rograms. one cent p er K WH , and t he nex t ,jlfrcation, Inc., P a ul -E . M cMilla n, I intersecti on of the old and n ew Control over the price of r ice 700 K W H is sold at the rate of ' landscap e architect for t h e organ- H ighway 45, a n d a q uart er-m il e was given t o the D epartment of fo ur m ills p er KWH. ization, sa id 'W ednesd ay. section north of the city running Agriculture, the R econstruction On t h is b asis, a custpmer u sin g Mr . . McMilla n also com pl ete d t o t he intersection of the old and Finan ce Corporation r eceived re- 1,050 killowatt hours of elect r icit y yesterday the settin g out of 20,- new H igh way 45. ility for ot her OPA f u n c- would pay only $7.30, on e of the poo pla nts in the n u rser y l oan e d Shr ubs set out along the h igh- sponsib tion s a n d all remainin g f unc tions lowest rates in t he entire nation. •n I Community Beautifica tion , wa.)J included ch o k e cherry, of OTC went to the Departm ent o- - - ,- :, b y the Tupelo Floral Corp. w interberry, climbing roses, abe- of Commerce. .'J.'h ese w ill b e used later for e x - lia, coral berry, golden bell, d ogThe W h ite House said that 7 ,. t e nding ,t he h igh way beautifica- wood, elder, hydran gea an d sweet 975 employes of OT C agen cies S pot cotton closed steady a n d tion p rogram a lon g a ll roadside shrub. Trees included t ulip w ill be transferred to t he Comareas in. the cify. trees, T u pelo gums, lin d en s, mag - merce D epar.t men t, the RFC a nd 75 point s lower at New Or lean s Above, being held by youthful dairyin g enthusiasts, are the twenty bred. heife rs from the. Isle of Jersey t h at will The fh·st sect ion s com p leted in n olias, hollys, oaks, locusts, ma- Cr eedon's office. Oth ers n ot n eed- W ednesd ay, with middlin g a t b e d i strib u t ed at t his afternoon's Jersey Day Cel ebrat ion a t .t he fairgrounds. . . ...... , __ .. - Pho to By Chandlei:. _ t otaled 3,166 b al es. 35.70. S ales the beautification p r ogram are : a ples, dogwoods a n d redbuds. ed t o liquidate OTC will be f ired.
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